LA opens Santa Monica Expo Line extension

LOS Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) opened a 10.6km extension to its Expo Line from Culver City to Santa Monica on May 20 with free trips offered on May 20 and 21 before the start of regular services on May 22.

The extension is designed to relieve severe congestion of the I-10 freeway. LRVs will operate at 12-minute intervals during the day and at 20-minute frequencies after midnight. The trip from the centre of Los Angeles to Santa Monica will take 46 minutes.